Adjustable shade and curtain bracket.



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ADJUSTABLE SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

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R. D. LEWIS.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE AND GURTAIN BRACKET.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 13, 1910.

Patented July 4,1911.

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COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH co., WASHINGTON D c ROGER D. LEWIS, 0F LLOYD, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4:, 1911.

Application filed August 13, 1910. Serial No. 576,979.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROGER D. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lloyd, in the county of Portage and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Shade andCurtain Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shade and ourtain brackets and moreparticularly to such brackets which are adjustable, and has for itsobject to provide a bracket which may be adjusted to shades and curtainpoles of different lengths.

Another object is to provide a structure which will be such that theweight of the curtain and rod supported thereby, will hold it in itsadjusted position.

Another object is to provide a device having these characteristics whichshall be simple and cheap and which may be produced at a low figure.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, and it will be understood that changes in the specificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts of the severalviews-Figure 1 is a view showing a portion of a window provided with thepresent brackets. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the bracketsshowing the diagonal bending of the main member. Fig. 3 is a detail ofthe attaching device. Fig. 4 is an enlarged front elevation of thecomplete bracket. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a modified form'ofbracket. Fig. 6 is a top plan of the modified bracket.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a curtain bracketcomprising an attaching device 10, and a main bracket member 11. Theattaching device consists of a metallic plate having a pair ofvertically extending transversely spaced integral straps struck uptherefrom and having, between the straps, a pair of oppositely extendingtongues 12, the straps being indicated at 13, and 13. At their ends thestraps are connected with fiat flange portions 14:, which are of courseoffset out of the plane of the straps, but which are in the same planewith with a longitudinal the tongues 12. The ends of the two straps aredisposed in common lines, which extend diagonally and transversely ofthe attaching device, so that the extremities of the strap 13 areslightly above the extremities of the strap 13', as shown. The passagewhich, in effect, is formed by these straps, thus has a forward andupward trend. At the opposite edge of the strap 13 from the strap 13,there are lateral extensions of the end flanges 14, which project beyondthe edge of the strap 13, as shown, and the lower flange 14 has anoutwardly projecting lip 15, which has a finger 16, directed upwardly,as illustrated.

The main bracket member 11 consists of a metallic plate of considerablelength, which, at one end, is bent upon a diagonal transverselyextending line, as shown at 17, to form an outwardly directed portion18, which is also directed upwardly, as shown. Beyond this portion 18,the plate is bent again on a diagonal line 19, parallel with the line17, and there is thus produced a longitudinally extending portion 20 ofthe plate, which joins a terminal pole-receiving portion 21, which isbent outwardly on a diagonal line parallel with the lines 17 and 19, andindicated at 21. The pole receiving portion 21 has a pole notch 22therein, and the portion 18 has a pintle receiving opening 23 therein,for the reception of the pintle of a shade roller. The lower edge of themain portion of the plate 10 is provided series of teeth, for thereception, interchangeably, of the finger 16, to hold the main portionof the plate at different points of its sliding movement through thestraps 13 and 13. As will be seen, the main portion of the plate extendsupwardly and laterally, andthus, the weight of the pole will tend tocause the bracket member to move downwardly and laterally under thestraps and will thus prevent accidental disengagement of the finger fromthe notches.

In the modified form of the invention, there is shown a similar bracket,except that the bends of the main bracket member are at right angles tothe side edges of the bracket member, as shown, these bends beingindicated at A, B and C respectively. In this form of the invention theoperation is the same, but the bracket is simply held against upwardmovement by the weight of and curtain and there is no lateral the poleunder this An adjustable bracket of the class described comprising anattaching device including end flanges and a pair of verticallyextending offset struck out spaced straps and a pair of oppositelyextending tongues in the plane of the end flanges and between thestraps, one of said end flanges having an outwardly extending lip at oneside of the strap and an upwardly directed finger at one end of the lip,a plate slidably engaged between the tongues and the strap, and having aplurality of notches in its lower edge arranged for interchangeablereception of the finger, said plate being bent at one side of theattaching device to produce roller and pole receiving portions.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

ROGER D. LEWIS. lVitnesses W. R. VVILLIAMs, Gus SwANsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

